diff --git a/frontend-js/src/main/js/map/data/ReferenceGenome.js b/frontend-js/src/main/js/map/data/ReferenceGenome.js
index 2b0d4d4c06fd0a3f74e04e882004212c8e5237d5..bf2753eca6f99a69954bf5b907621539f999edb7 100644
--- a/frontend-js/src/main/js/map/data/ReferenceGenome.js
+++ b/frontend-js/src/main/js/map/data/ReferenceGenome.js
@@ -99,17 +99,18 @@ ReferenceGenome.prototype.setDownloadProgress = function (downloadProgress) {
  * @returns {string}
  */
 ReferenceGenome.prototype.getDownloadProgressStatus = function () {
-  if (this.getDownloadProgress() === 100) {
+  var progress = this.getDownloadProgress();
+  if (progress === 100) {
     if (this.getLocalUrl() !== undefined) {
       return "READY";
     } else {
       return "ERROR";
     }
   } else {
-    if (this.getDownloadProgress() === undefined) {
+    if (progress === undefined) {
       return "N/A";
     } else {
-      return this.getDownloadProgress().toString();
+      return progress.toFixed(2) + ' %';
     }
   }
 };